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 Fox News Reports August 12, 2012

Tuscon, AZ — Police Lieutenant Diana Lopez has been demoted to sergeant following an internal affairs investigation after she allegedly sent a subordinate officer sexually explicit photos and videos of herself while wearing her police uniform.
The lower-ranking officer, who was reportedly in a relationship with Lopez, supposedly passed around the pictures and videos to other cops.
According to AP, Lopez — who was the the Tuscon PD’s public information officer — used her personal cell phone for the alleged sexting activity which apparently occurred while she was off duty.
The Arizona Daily Star reports that in August 2012 “anonymous letters sent to the department and the City Attorney’s Office about Lopez prompted the probe.” The Star said that according to police investigators, “Lopez violated several department regulations, professional standards and a code of ethics.”
Lopez is considering appealing her demotion to patrol sergeant in the operations division administratively and/or filing a lawsuit against the city of Tuscon.
Tuscon Assistant Chief Kathleen Robinson wrote the following about the Diana Lopez matter:

“Lopez used extremely poor judgment in sending these images undermining her credibility as a commander. Her actions have negatively affected not only her reputation, but the reputation and mission of the Tucson Police Department.”
According to London’s Daily Mail, “it is believed that 13 people might have seen the footage — however no one admitted to it. The racy clips were never uncovered but there is ‘no doubt they exist,’ authorities said.”
Lopez’s cop boyfriend has not been publicly identified, but the investigation into this matter is apparently ongoing.

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Officer Leah Ott began her law enforcement career in 2005 in Arizona.  She has been with the Redmond Police Department since 2012 and enjoys working to solve community issues. Contact Officer Ott at lmott@redmond.gov

Officer Betty Shelby

Jury Acquits Tulsa Officer Betty Shelby in Shooting Death of Terence Crutcher



Betty Shelby leaves the courtroom with her husband, Dave Shelby, right, after the jury in her case began deliberations in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on May 17.Sue Ogrocki / AP
 
A jury on Wednesday acquitted a white Oklahoma police officer in the shooting death of an unarmed black man in Tulsa last year.
Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby, 43, had been charged with manslaughter in the September 2016 shooting death of Terence Crutcher, 40, during an encounter that began with the report of a stalled vehicle.
The district attorney’s office announced a verdict had been reached shortly after 9 p.m. local time (10 p.m. ET), more than eight hours after deliberations began, NBC affiliate KJRH reported.
The manslaughter trial against Shelby opened May 10 with prosecutors laying out how the five-year veteran of the Tulsa Police Department encountered Crutcher — what should have been a routine traffic matter that went too far, they said.
Instead, Crutcher's death — another involving an unarmed black man at the hands of police — touched off Black Lives Matter protests and calls for greater transparency from local authorities.

Crutcher's family called the verdict a disappointment, and called the police department "corrupt" after being led out of the courtroom filled with emotion. Crutcher’s twin sister, Tiffany Crutcher, said her brother's hands were up, that he was not an imminent threat or attack her and didn't deserve to be shot.
"Terence was not the aggressor; Betty Shelby was the aggressor," she said. "Betty Shelby had the gun. Betty Shelby was following him with his hands up."
Shelby was among the officers who responded to reports of a stalled SUV left abandoned in the middle of a road just after 7:30 p.m. local time, prosecutors said.
Related: Trial Starts for Oklahoma Officer in Terence Crutcher Shooting
Police said Crutcher approached the vehicle but failed to listen to commands from officers. Shelby asked Crutcher if the car was his, but only mumbled to himself and didn't respond, according to an affidavit.
Crutcher was seen walking to his car with his hands up before reaching into the driver's side window. One of the officers fired his Taser at him. Shelby also fired her gun — striking the father of four in the lung, police said.
Video footage taken from helicopter and cruiser dashcams don't provide clear views of the moment she shot him.

An attorney for Shelby later said that she believed Crutcher was under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs. Shelby, a former deputy for the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office, had previously completed drug-recognition expert training.
A toxicology report revealedthat Crutcher was on two hallucinogenic drugs, including PCP, during the encounter. It took at least two minutes after Crutcher was shot before police attempted aid, according to officers.
During the trial, Shelby testified that police training videos taught her to be careful about suspects pulling guns when they reach into their vehicles, according to The Associated Press.
She fired her weapon, she told a Tulsa County courthouse on Monday, because "I feared for my life."

"I did everything I could to stop this," she added. "Crutcher's death is his fault."
Prosecuting attorney Kevin Gray told the court that Crutcher was never aggressive toward police or actually produced a gun, and that Shelby was merely "guessing" that he had one.
Her defense attorney, Shannon McMurray, argued that it was unfair for the prosecution to repeatedly say Crutcher was unarmed. No weapon was found inside the SUV.

"To somehow imply that she was supposed to see what was in this door panel is absurd. It's deceitful and you should disregard it," McMurray told jurors, according to the AP.
Judge Doug Drummond, however, said his being unarmed was a relevant factor in the case.
An attorney for the Crutcher family, Benjamin Crump, raised the deaths of other black men in encounters with police, like Michael Brown and Freddie Gray, in expressing his disappointment with the verdict.
"The list just goes on and on, of unarmed African American men being killed by white police officers, and they get away with it," Crump said.
Jerad Lindsey, chairman of Tulsa Fraternal Order of Police, said that the jury’s verdict was the right one, but said the shooting was a tragedy. "There’s no winners in this," he said. "There's still a family that has dealt with a tragedy here, the Crutchers, and we still extend our deepest sympathies to them."
"And now that we’ve reached a verdict, Tulsa’s gonna have to figure out how to get its arms around this and be able to move forward in a positive way," Lindsey said.


Tiffany Crutcher, center, sister of Terence Crutcher, talks with the media following a verdict in the trial of Tulsa police officer Betty Jo Shelby in Tulsa, Okla., Wednesday, May 17, 2017.Sue Ogrocki / AP
 
Betty Shelby leaves the courtroom with her husband, Dave Shelby, right, after the jury in her case began deliberations in Tulsa, Oklahoma, on May 17.Sue Ogrocki / AP
Both Shelby's family, including her husband, who is a fellow Tulsa police officer, and Crutcher's family have been at the courthouse since the trial began.
Shelby was placed on paid administrative leave amid the investigation, then on unpaid leave. Shelby did not speak to the media after Wednesday's verdict. McMurray said Shelby is "elated and very proud of her jury."
Tulsa County District Attorney Stephen Kunzweiler in a statement Wednesday night thanked jurors and said "there can be no doubt that the decision rendered by this jury was only after a long and deliberative process."

 The NAACP Legal Defense Fund in a statement called Wednesday’s verdict disappointing, and said it is hopeful the Justice Department files charges. The DOJ announced shortly after the shooting that it was opening a civil rights investigation.


 


 

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In Phoenix, women rule: Largest city with female police and fire chief

 

Katie Couric
Global Anchor
The city of Phoenix made history after Jeri Williams was hired as police chief and Kara Kalkbrenner as fire chief.
Phoenix is the largest city in the country with both a female police and fire chief.
“They were by far the most qualified and respected candidates, who happened to be women,” Mayor Greg Stanton said. “Anybody can rise to the very top of their organization and that’s just not talk. In Phoenix, we walk the walk.”
Nationally, 12 percent of full-time local police officers and 3.5 percent of career firefighters are female.
“Kara and I both know the tremendous responsibility that comes with being the first female and I’ve learned from Kara to be very gracious at accepting that responsibility,” Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams said.
It’s not just the police and fire departments that females are leading in Phoenix; there are 20 to 30 departments in the city with women in power.
“Phoenix is very progressive and they feel that the leadership team of the city should mirror the community,” Kara Kalkbrenner, Phoenix fire chief, said. “So if you look at the diverse community that we have, we have an extremely diverse workforce.”
Williams believes that Phoenix’s strong connection to community is what makes it different from other cities.
“Every day, we come to work to make a difference,” Kalkbrenner said.
Chief Kalkbrenner and Chief Williams met in junior high school and consider each other best friends.
“We can pick up the phone and have a conversation,” Kalkbrenner said. “There’s an amount of trust that you really need to have in your counterpart.”
“Phoenix is an amazing place to live, but even more amazing [is] where we’re going. We haven’t seen the end of the growth and the potential that the city has.”






 911 McNuggets Call: Latreasa L. Goodman Calls 911 3 Times Over McNuggets "Emergency
FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Authorities say a Florida woman called 911 three times after McDonald's employees told her they were out of McNuggets. A police report said 27-year-old Fort Pierce resident Latreasa L. Goodman told authorities she paid for a 10-piece last week but was later informed the restaurant had run out.

She says she was refused a refund and told all sales were final. A cashier told police she offered Goodman a larger portion of different food for the same price, but Goodman became irate.

Police say Goodman was cited on a misuse of 911 charge. A current phone listing for Goodman couldn't be found.

A McDonald's spokesman says Goodman should have been given a refund, and she's being sent a gift card for a free meal.

Police say this was a the smoking gun they where not buying Latreasa L. Goodman's definition of emergency after she called 911 three times to report that her local McDonald's was out of chicken nuggets. Goodman had paid for her 10-piece McNuggets but was then informed by the employees that the restaurant had run out. Goodman claims she was refused a refund and felt it rose to the level of a 911 emergency. Police have charged Goodman with misusing 911.


 911 McNuggets Call: Latreasa L. Goodman Calls 911 3 Times Over McNuggets "Emergency
FORT PIERCE, Fla. — Authorities say a Florida woman called 911 three times after McDonald's employees told her they were out of McNuggets. A police report said 27-year-old Fort Pierce resident Latreasa L. Goodman told authorities she paid for a 10-piece last week but was later informed the restaurant had run out.

She says she was refused a refund and told all sales were final. A cashier told police she offered Goodman a larger portion of different food for the same price, but Goodman became irate.

Police say Goodman was cited on a misuse of 911 charge. A current phone listing for Goodman couldn't be found.

A McDonald's spokesman says Goodman should have been given a refund, and she's being sent a gift card for a free meal.



Police say this was a the smoking gun they where not buying Latreasa L. Goodman's definition of emergency after she called 911 three times to report that her local McDonald's was out of chicken nuggets. Goodman had paid for her 10-piece McNuggets but was then informed by the employees that the restaurant had run out. Goodman claims she was refused a refund and felt it rose to the level of a 911 emergency. Police have charged Goodman with misusing 911.


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No Charges for Cops Who ‘Accidentally’ Fired 107 Bullets at an Innocent Mom and Daughter



Indicted HPD Cop Accused of Lying About DWI Arrests


Former Houston police officer Kenneth Troost.

Former Houston police officer Kenneth Troost.

Houston Police Department

Former officer Kenneth Troost said he pulled over Amy Charron because she failed to use her turn signal, was driving drunk, failed a field sobriety test and refused to consent to a blood test.
Troost also said his dashboard camera didn't record the traffic stop.
Now, though, prosecutors and Charron's own defense attorney say all of the above are lies.
Troost, a ten-year veteran of the force, wore blue for the last time Friday. He resigned from the Houston Police Department after he was indicted earlier this month on two felony charges of tampering with government records, in Charron's case and another DWI case, as KTRK first reported.

Turns out an investigation launched by the Harris County District Attorney's Office found that, actually, there was dash-cam footage — and Charron didn't “fail to signal a lane change” as Troost claimed. Her attorney, Diana Sims, believes Troost lied about the footage because he knew it would prove he had no probable cause to arrest Charron, because she wasn't drunk and passed the field test. According to toxicology records from the Houston Forensic Science Center, provided by Sims, Charron's blood-alcohol level was only .06. Prosecutors dismissed the charges three months later.
“Not only does she feel like a victim, completely targeted, but it was not even a paperwork error,” Sims said. “She was not even intoxicated to begin with.”
In the second case, prosecutors claim Troost wrote in an affidavit stating he was at the scene of a DWI arrest and conducted a field sobriety test on the side of the road — when, in truth, he was 25 miles away at the police station. In reality, a different officer arrested Tomur Barnes and hauled him in, with Troost examining Barnes, then writing up the offense report as though he had been involved all along.
The attorney for the man suspected of the DWI wasn't available to talk Friday, but referred us to Sims, who is also familiar with the case. Sims said what's troubling is that, because of the misrepresentation, it's unclear if the arresting officer actually conducted any field test himself — and if he did not, then there would have been no probable cause to arrest Barnes. As with Charron, the case was ultimately dismissed.
But Troost's attorney, Nicole DeBorde, says that the case against Troost is a mistake — that Troost simply made a few paperwork errors. She suspects prosecutors are combing through every DWI offense report that Troost has ever filed (we checked with the DA's office; they are), and suspects more “mistakes” will sprout up here and there.
“People make mistakes. That's just human nature,” DeBorde said. “We think what we have here are examples of clerical errors in these documents.”
Sims questioned how one could make a clerical error by claiming to be on the side of the road making an arrest when he actually was never there. "That's not a typo," Sims said.
These “errors,” she said, cost both Charron and Barnes thousands of dollars. Because Troost reported to the Texas Department of Public Safety that Charron refused a blood test, the state suspended her license for six months — though other police records show she did give consent. Even though she was barred from driving, a judge still ordered Charron to purchase an interlock device. Plus, she had to submit to random drug and alcohol testing.
"You would think in HPD there would be some checks and balances that would prevent this type of activity, if you're having one rogue officer doing it," Sims said. But I believe that he's been doing it for a long time. He was so good at it that it wasn't until I understood what he was doing that I could go back to offense reports and see inconsistencies I would never know to look for."
The DA's Office has put out a notice to the entire defense bar, a spokesman told us — indicating that, if attorneys' clients have ever been arrested by Kenneth Troost, they may want to take a closer look at those cases.____________________

July 22, 2016 12:53 pm by Counter Current News Editorial Team
Los Angeles, CA – Exposing the double standard between police and civilians, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday that no criminal charges will be filed against the eight LAPD officers responsible for nearly killing an innocent woman and her daughter. Although the cops ambushed the unarmed women without warning and fired over 100 bullets without provocation, the district attorney justified the case of mistaken identity due to the fact that the officers involved were afraid and incompetent.

At 5 a.m. on February 7, 2013, Margie Carranza and her mother, Emma Hernandez, were delivering newspapers throughout a residential neighborhood in Torrance when eight LAPD cops suddenly opened fire. As Carranza suffered cuts from the flying glass, Hernandez was shot twice in the back while trying to protect her daughter. One bullet exited just above Hernandez’s collarbone, while the other bullet struck her lower back, near her spine. A fragment of shattered glass also flew into her eye.

After firing 107 bullets at the innocent women, the LAPD cops ordered them out of the vehicle and immediately realized their mistake. Instead of a 33-year-old black man, two Hispanic women exited the pickup truck and demanded to know, “Why did you shoot at us?”

Instead of rendering first aid or even apologizing for the act of attempted murder, the officers called for paramedics while refusing to offer any explanation for the ambush. Awakened by the gunfire, residents emerged from their homes to find their vehicles, houses, and front doors riddled with bullets. With five bullet holes in the entryway to his house, one neighbor asked, “How do you mistake two Hispanic women, one who is 71, for a large black male?”

Twenty-five minutes after the shooting, Torrance police officers stopped David Perdue a few blocks away as he was driving to the beach to go surfing before work. After the officers questioned him and ordered Perdue to turn around, he complied with their commands and began driving away when another Torrance police cruiser raced towards his vehicle and broadsided him. Suffering from a concussion and back pain, Perdue remained in his vehicle as an officer opened fire on him.

Although Torrance PD and LAPD were searching for a black man driving a gray Nissan Titan, Perdue is a white man who was driving a black Honda Ridgeline. Carranza and Hernandez were driving a blue Toyota Tacoma when the officers ambushed them without bothering to confirm their identities.

The officers responsible for nearly killing Carranza and her mother had been tasked with guarding the house of LAPD Capt. Justin Eisenberg. Because the police captain had been a member of the Board of Rights that voted to terminate former Officer Christopher Dorner, police suspected Dorner might attempt to kill Eisenberg or his family. The police captain was also named in Dorner’s manifesto, which he posted online after the initial murders.

In his manifesto, Dorner accused Sgt. Teresa Evans of kicking a restrained suspect named Christopher Gettler in the chest and face. After filing a complaint against Evans, Dorner was labeled a liar by the department and subsequently fired. Dorner also pointed out in his manifesto that many of the officers involved in the Rodney King beating and Rampart scandal during the 1990s have been promoted to supervisory or command positions within the LAPD and surrounding departments.

On Wednesday, the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced that LAPD officers Jess Faber, Marlon Franco, Sergio Gramajo, John Hart, Geoff Lear, Deshon Parker, Jonathan Roman, and Sgt. John Valdez would not face charges for the attempted murders of Carranza and her mother.
Due to the fact that the entire police department was scared of one man and could not be held accountable for their incompetent actions, none of the officers who fired 107 bullets at two unarmed, innocent women will face prosecution. Although the women received a $4.2 million settlement and a new pickup truck, no cop will be held accountable for firing the first shot or failing to correctly identify the make/model of the vehicle along with the race and gender of its occupants.

Although LAPD Chief Charlie Beck announced during the manhunt that officials would re-examine Dorner’s allegations of police misconduct, nearly three years have passed without any results. Instead, Sgt. Teresa Evans filed a lawsuit against the LAPD last year alleging racial discrimination against her. Evans is white.

Andrew Emett is a Los Angeles-based reporter exposing political and corporate corruption. His interests include national security, corporate abuse, and holding government officials accountable. Andrew’s work has appeared on Raw Story, Alternet, Activist Post, and many other sites. You can follow him on Twitter @AndrewEmett and on Facebook at Andrew Emett.

Police stop pursuing nearly 79,000 Fugitives


Accused rapists, murderers are allowed to escape, and the victims aren't told ...

For a time, the intruder charged with pressing a revolver to Armando Botello's forehead truly was a wanted man. When he disappeared, the police promised to pursue him anywhere in the United States.
No longer. Last year, the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department notified the FBI that it would pursue the accused armed robber only as far as the state border, even though investigators suspected he had long since left California.

In effect, the change meant that as long as the gunman left the state, he, like thousands of others, was now free to go.

Nationwide, police and prosecutors quietly told the FBI they had abandoned their pursuit of nearly 79,000 accused felons during the past year and a half, a USA TODAY investigation found. They have given up chasing people charged with armed robbery and raping children, usually without informing their victims. Police in one county in California reported they would no longer pursue three of their most-wanted fugitives and a man charged with a murder for which prosecutors have sought the death penalty.

The authorities had previously told the FBI – which maintains a vast index of the nation's fugitives – that they would arrest each of those suspects if police anywhere else in the United States happened to find them, a process known as extradition. But in each case, police and prosecutors have since indicated they will no longer fetch the fugitives if they flee.

The story: du Pont is a nutty, patriotic, conservative, pro-police, pro-military, pro-gun billionaire, who longs to be famous and feel like he’s doing something to help America. He’s also a wannabe athlete and Olympic coach, whose mother focused him on piano and horses instead of sports (she saw wrestling as a “low sport”). So, du Pont recruits weirdo Olympic Gold Medalist wrestler Mark Schultz to come to his “Foxcatcher” estate to live and train. He also recruits Mark Schultz’s older brother Dave, a former Olympian and now a coach, to come to Foxcatcher to coach the wrestlers who live and train there.
But du Pont is obsessive and creepy. He wants credit for coaching Mark Schultz to the Olympics. And he wants to be seen as the father figure in Schultz’s life. That happens for a while, but soon Mark Schultz and du Pont have a falling out. Mark Schultz leaves, leaving his brother Dave and Dave’s family to stay and coach at Foxcatcher. Eventually, du Pont gets upset with Dave Schultz for no legitimate reason and shoots and kills him in front of Dave’s wife. The end. Wonderful movie, right?
You should also note that Friend of Al-Qaeda/Arafat, a barely recognizable Vanessa Redgrave, is a co-star in this movie, playing du Pont’s mother.
Carell and Tatum are covered in bad cosmetics and obvious prosthetics that are simply laughable. Their “acting” consists of monotone, stilted talking (which–newflash!–ain’t acting), as well as Tatum’s weird way of walking and constantly sticking out his jaw.
Bottom line–one not indicated by this movie: John du Pont’s behavior and nuttiness had nothing to do with patriotism. It had nothing to do with conservatism. It had nothing to do with gun ownership and support for America’s military and police.



















So each can now escape the charges simply by crossing state lines. And FBI records suggest many do.
"That shocks me. I can't imagine why anybody would take a major felony and say we'll only arrest him within the state," said Joshua Marquis, the county prosecutor in Astoria, Ore., and a former vice president of the National District Attorneys Association. "I cannot imagine a case of sexual abuse or rape or murder where I would not go to the ends of the earth to get that person back."

Joshua Tillery is charged with an armed home- invasion robbery in Yucaipa, Calif. (Photo: Washington  State Department of Corrections)

In March, a USA TODAY investigation identified thousands of fugitives who police said they would not pursue if they fled the state, usually because they did not want to spend the time or money needed to get them back. The decisions, typically made in secret, allowed old crimes to go unpunished and offered fugitives a virtual license to commit new ones, often as close as in the state next door.

Those cases are multiplying. In just the past year and a half, the total number of fugitives who police won't pursue beyond a state border swelled nearly 77%, to 330,665. The main reason was police agencies changing their minds about what to do with people who have been wanted for years.

St Louis police rebuked for Facebook warning after Tamir Rice shooting





Public dismayed after St Louis County police weigh in social media about shooting of Rice, a 12-year-boy in Ohio who was playing with a replica gun



























Family members at Tamir Rice's funeral in Cleveland.
Family members at Tamir Rice's funeral in Cleveland. Photograph: The Plain Dealer/Landov/Barcroft


The police department that oversaw protests in Ferguson over the death of Michael Brown attracted new criticism on Thursday after weighing in clumsily on the fatal police shooting of Tamir Rice, a 12-year-old boy in Ohio who was playing with a replica gun.
In a Facebook post headed “Kids will be Kids?”, St Louis County police told parents to warn their children that if they prompted an emergency call by playing with toy guns in public, “police will respond as though it is a real gun”. The post was linked to from the department’s Twitter account.
“Pellet guns and Airsoft guns should not be allowed to be played with throughout the neighbourhood, common grounds, or used to threaten or intimidate people,” said the post, which was written by officer Aaron Dilks from the City of Fenton precinct.
The post met with widespread dismay on social media. “Insanity,” wrote Shaun King, an activist and writer. “Stranger than fiction that they’d do this.”
Tamir, who was pointing his BB gun while wandering alone around a park in Cleveland, was immediately shot dead by an officer responding to a 911 call. The caller told the dispatcher: “I don’t know if it’s real or not.” This was not conveyed to the officer. Tamir’s $20 pistol lacked an orange tip that typically distinguishes toy or pellet guns from full-powered versions.



























St Louis County police tweet
St Louis County police tweet Photograph: Screen capture
The 911 caller also suggested that Tamir was repeatedly pulling the BB gun out of the waistband on his pants. The St Louis County Facebook post said on Monday: “Remember, if an Airsoft gun is tucked in your pants like a holster then obviously the orange tip is no longer visible.”
The St Louis County message also offered parents “tips to help your child respond appropriately” if they were confronted by police while holding a toy or pellet gun, such as “do not run away” and throwing the toy gun away from their hands. “They may be ordered to lie down on the ground,” it said.
The Facebook post, and a tweet that it automatically triggered on the official St Louis County police Twitter account, were both removed later on Monday morning. Asked during a brief phone conversation whether he wrote the post, Dilks told the Guardian: “Yeah, it was me.”
Dilks prefaced his post by stating that he was not making a judgment on whether the shooting was justified. “This is about the Fenton Precinct making residents aware of a ‘hot’ topic and learning from this incident so Fenton never loses a child’s life,” he wrote.



























St Louis County police Facebook post
St Louis County police Facebook post Photograph: Screen capture
After confirming that he wrote the post, Dilks referred all other inquiries to a county force spokesman. When asked whether he regretted the post, Dilks hung up the phone. The county force was expected to issue a statement later on Monday.
The St Louis County police is under a joint review of practices with the US department of justice following the controversial policing of protests following Brown’s death in August. The force’s military-style response was heavily criticised.
The department became more active on social media earlier this month as protests mounted in advance of a grand jury deciding not to indict Darren Wilson, the Ferguson police officer who shot Brown dead in August this year. Recaps of protests were posted to Facebook and some were even live-tweeted.
Asked by the Guardian earlier in November why the department was tweeting more often, a spokesman said: “Social media is a new way for our department to attempt to get information out as quickly as possible. That is why we are doing it. It is done by a member of the public information staff.”
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Surprised? Police Union Rejecting New Technology that Tracks Cops’ Driving
police interceptor screenshotFord has announced that certain models of their police interceptor vehicles will now be equipped with new tracking technology that can monitor the driving behavior of on-duty officers. However, this model may not be popular with many departments.
Police union representatives have already spoken out against this new feature, calling it intrusive.
The technology was developed by Ford and a company called Telogis. The system uses existing GPS technology to track the drivers speed, fuel usage, and even whether or not they are wearing their seat belt.
The records taken by this system would be especially useful when officers are involved in accidents that may have been their fault.
According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, more law enforcement officers die in car accidents than from firearms incidents every year. Representatives at Ford and Telogis have said that many of these fatalities occurred because the officers were not wearing their seat belts.
The leading cause of death of police officers is crashes, and with little more than four of 10 police officers believed to be wearing seat belts on a regular basis while patrolling. We’re losing too many cops where it is preventable,Gary Oldham, a Telogis manager said in a statement.
Even the slightest improvements in driver training and behavior within law enforcement organizations can potentially save lives. Whether in emergency operation or not, the combination of vehicle data from this technology taken in context with different driving situations will help illustrate to police organizations where changes can be made that will have a profound effect on officer safety,” said Ford representative Bill Frykman.
However its not only the police who are hurt when they drive recklessly. A recent report out of Denver shows something much more disturbing. Just in the last 3 years, Denver area police have been involved and found to be “at fault” in over 700 crashes, many of which resulted in injury.
In the majority of these crashes in which the cops have been at fault, almost every time, they were NOT given a ticket. In one instance the department even had the audacity to send a ticket to a woman that a cop hit on a bicycle.
Despite much hesitation, the system is currently being tested in 50 different cars at the Los Angeles Police Department.


John Vibes is an author, researcher and investigative journalist who takes a special interest in the counter culture and the drug war. In addition to his writing and activist work he is also the owner of a successful music promotion company. In 2013, he became one of the organizers of the Free Your Mind Conference, which features top caliber speakers and whistle-blowers from all over the world. You can contact him and stay connected to his work at his Facebook page. You can find his 65 chapter Book entitled “Alchemy of the Timeless Renaissance” at bookpatch.com.

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Ferguson’s $155-an-hour PR man fired after it’s publicized that he’s a convicted killer


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The man brought in to improve public relations for the city of Ferguson, Mo., has been fired after it was publicized that he is a convicted killer.
Devin James was hired at $155-an-hour to handle media requests and help restore public trust after the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported.

The newspaper said city officials knew of James’ conviction, but the St. Louis Economic Development Partnership, which pays his salary, was unaware of his background — he was convicted of reckless homicide in Shelby County, Tenn., in 2006, according to the Post-Dispatch.
James said the shooting was in self-defense.

The Partnership learned of the conviction from a Post-Dispatch reporter, and released a statement Friday that read, in part:

“We have asked Elasticity, our contracted communications firm, to release Devin James from his subcontractor role, due to a lack of transparency. While we admire his personal growth from difficult circumstances and commend him for his high quality work in Ferguson, it was the lack of information about his background that prompted us to make this move.
Mr. James failed to inform us of his prior conviction. He also did not reveal this information to Elasticity when he was hired as a subcontractor.
James was subcontracted two weeks after Brown was killed, after the city was criticized for not hiring a minority owned firm.
He was behind a video apology from Ferguson Police Chief Thomas Jackson to the Brown family released on Thursday — the apology nearly led to violence as police and protesters clashed briefly that evening, according to the Associated Press.






























Police: 3 people dead in shooting at UPS facility

​Police officers escort UPS employees on a bus from the scene where three people were killed, including the gunman, at a UPS facility in Birmingham, Ala., Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2014.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A UPS employee opened fire Tuesday morning inside one of the company's warehouses in Alabama, killing two people before committing suicide, police said.
Birmingham Police Chief A.C. Roper told reporters that the gunman was wearing his uniform when he started shooting either in or near some offices inside the warehouse in an industrial area just north of the Birmingham airport. The sand-colored building sits on a hill and has UPS logos on the front and side. It has a parking lot surrounded by barbed wire.
The gunman had apparently shot himself by the time officers got inside the warehouse, Roper said.
Police Lt. Sean Edwards told The Associated Press on Tuesday morning that the gunman was a UPS employee, though he said later in the day that police had not yet met with company officials to confirm the gunman's current employment status. People who called 911 from their cellphones told dispatchers that the shooter was an employee, Edwards said.
No one else was hurt, Roper said.
"When these people came here to work, they had no idea this would be their last day on earth," Roper said.
Atlanta-based UPS said in a brief statement that the shooting happened around 9:40 a.m. CDT. The company added that it is fully cooperating with the investigation.
Employees who were at the warehouse when the shooting happened were being taken to another location so that they could be interviewed by investigators and provided with counseling, Roper said.
Late Tuesday morning, a long line of police cars with their lights flashing left the area as part of a motorcade with a white school bus. Also, a wrecker with a police escort left the scene towing a dark red Honda SUV.














































Chick-Fil-A Is Closing. And When You Find Out Why You'll Be Glad. It Sounds Crazy But You WILL!
 
Everyone loves Chick-Fil-A, and it’s not always just because of the chicken. (Even though that’s reason enough to love them.) 
A Georgia town was grieving the loss of one of their own, a heroic Police Officer, Officer Kevin Jordan. He was shot in his back five times while making an arrest at a local Waffle House.  Officer Jordan was Army veteran, and a loving father to seven children.
Officers from every corner of the state Georgia joined with local residents to honor their fallen solider. The funeral precession was going to pass the local Chic-Fil-A, so this is what they did—they placed a notice at their drive through to notify customers that they will be closing in honor of the faithful serviceman Officer Jordan. 
This is a measure that the local chicken restaurant didn’t have to take – but they did. What a great way to honor those that serve and protect.
Romans 13:7
Source: http://qpolitical.com/chick-fil-just-shocked-world-closing-valiant-reason-youll-never-guess/
Everyone loves Chick-Fil-A, and it’s not always just because of the chicken. (Even though that’s reason enough to love them.)
 

 
A Georgia town was grieving the loss of one of their own, a heroic Police Officer, Kevin Jordan. He was shot in his back five times while making an arrest at a local Waffle House. Officer Jordan was Army veteran, and a loving father to seven children.
 

 
Officers from every corner of the state Georgia joined with local residents to honor their fallen solider. The funeral precession was going to pass the local Chic-Fil-A, so this is what they did—they placed a notice at their drive through to notify customers that they will be closing in honor of the faithful serviceman Officer Jordan.
 


 
This is a measure that the local chicken restaurant didn’t have to take – but they did. What a great way to honor those that serve and protect.










Ohio police department rips criminals in Facebook posts


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    This Tuesday, April 2, 2013 photo shows Brimfield Police Chief David Oliver, in Kent, Ohio. Oliver uses the reach of his departments increasingly followed Facebook page to interact with residents and take to task criminals and other neer-do-wells, his preferred term is mopes, for the stupid, the silly and the outright unlawful in messages that mix humor and blunt opinion. (AP)





































 KTLA 5 News reports:
 
A mugshot of a repeat offender posted on Facebook by police garnered more than 13,000 likes and 3,000 comments in less than 24 hours.

Jeremy Meeks was arrested Wednesday in Stockton and charged with six felony counts of street terrorism and weapons charges.

But his record doesn't seem to bother his admirers. One woman even set up a Facebook fan page for Meeks.

Read KTLA's story here: http://ktlane.ws/1yqrUWZ
— with Lena Harb Hishmeh.


If you're up to no good in this pocket of northeast Ohio, especially in a witless way, you're risking not only jail time or a fine but a swifter repercussion with a much larger audience: You're in for a social media scolding from police Chief David Oliver and some of his small department's 51,000 Facebook fans.


And Oliver does not mince words.

In postings interspersed with community messages and rants, the Brimfield Township chief takes to task criminals and other ne'er-do-wells — his preferred term is "mopes," appropriated from police TV shows and an old colleague who used it — for the stupid, the lazy and the outright unlawful. Even an ill-considered parking choice can spur a Facebook flogging.
"If you use a handicapped space and you jump out of the vehicle, all healthy-like, as if someone is dangling free cheeseburgers on a stick, expect people to stare at you and get angry," Oliver wrote last year. "You are milking the system and it aggravates those of us who play by the rules. Ignoring us does not make you invisible. We see you, loser."
His humor, sarcasm and blunt opinion fueled a tenfold increase in the Facebook page's likes in the past year, bringing the total to more than four times the 10,300 residents the department serves. It's among the most-liked local law enforcement pages in the country, trailing only New York, Boston and Philadelphia police, according to the International Association of Chiefs of Police Center for Social Media.
Not bad for a guy who initially hoped maybe 500 locals would pay attention when he noticed other businesses' pages and decided to start his own three years ago.
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Facebook posting, May 16, 2013: "I call criminals mopes. I do not comment on them being ugly, smelly or otherwise beauty impaired ... even though some are. I do not comment on their education, social status, color, sex, origin or who they marry. I care about crime and character. If you come to Brimfield and commit a crime we are all going to talk about it. The easiest way to not be called a criminal is to not be one. It is not calculus."
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The chief loves justice, Westerns and dogs. John Wayne and Abraham Lincoln peer out from frames on the gray walls of Oliver's office, where the 45-year-old chats with anyone who stops by.
His Facebook messages extend that open-door policy online for conversations about road closures, charity events, lost pets and whatever else crosses his mind. Some are serious, such as salutes to slain officers and updates during school threat investigations. Others are light-hearted, like the attempt to find an escaped swine's owner with an unusual APB — an "All-Pig Bulletin" — or his promise to "ticket" child bicyclists with coupons for free ice cream if they wear helmets.
And, of course, there's crime. One posting berates a man accused of physically assaulting a woman and two children. In another, Oliver suggests that hiding near an occupied police K-9 vehicle wasn't a shoplifting suspect's smartest move.
Resident Mark Mosley, a daily reader, said he likes such "humorous arrest stories" best.
"It's one of those things, like you can't fix stupid," Mosley said.
His officers and others say the online character of the chief, a big, beefy guy, matches real life.
"He is definitely a very large personality. It kind of goes with his size," local fire Chief Robert Keller said.
Oliver's 15-person department handles more than 13,000 calls for service annually and deals largely with arrests for driving violations, thefts and drug crimes by out-of-towners. Arrests in those crime categories dropped last year but are trending upward again, and Oliver says it would take more time to determine whether the Facebook messages are having an impact.
Occasionally, his rants cover topics far outside his jurisdiction, among them the Boston Marathon bombings and the high-profile rape case from Steubenville in eastern Ohio. He rarely mentions names but doesn't shy from addressing specific suspects or brands of criminals.
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July 31, 2012: "Dear Father or Mother Meth Cooks,
"You have lost your mind. What in hell are you thinking when you make the decision to cook meth with your child in the house? You have violated the very basic principle of being a parent, which is the safety of your child. I am fed up with watching it and also with being concerned with the long-term effects of what you have exposed YOUR child to."
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The word is out even among mopes, a few of whom have told Oliver they read his updates. During a March traffic stop with several drug-related arrests, one suspect overheard Oliver being called "Chief" and, after connecting the dots, requested not to be mentioned on the page, police said. Oliver didn't oblige.
His postings, also republished to the department's Twitter account, spur dozens or hundreds of comments from as far away as Australia or Germany. Some praise the department. Others say Oliver uses work time inappropriately for Facebook or criticize him for discussing suspects in a public forum. (His response: It's public record.)
Oliver welcomes the discussion and deletes comments only if they use profanity or refer to police in highly offensive language.
"He totally connects with our community, except the people that he arrests," said Mike Kostensky, one of the trustees who picked Oliver as chief in 2004.
Departments like Brimfield that engage readers and reply tend to see more activity on their police pages compared with those that don't, said Nancy Kolb, who runs the IACP Center for Social Media. The center tracks the popularity of law enforcement on Facebook and Twitter.
Oliver says his updates provide accountability and transparency about police work. He's also a believer that people can change.
He says that he had a "very thin" line between good and bad when he was younger and that he might have become a mope if not for grandparents who let him watch only "The Waltons," ''Gunsmoke" and "The Andy Griffith Show" on TV.
He said the latter was the biggest influence on his career because he admires the respectful, plain-spoken sheriff played by Griffith.
"I just always thought, you know, that's a good way to handle things," Oliver says.
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Jan. 28, 2013: "It is the opinion of this chief, located in a small corner of a great big world, that we need to, as a society, become a little more intolerant of people who commit crimes for a living. When we start yelling about it being unacceptable ... people will take notice and the practice will shift; either by putting people in jail, funding drug treatment or behavioral changes by the criminals."
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Oliver, a father of four who starts many days hugging and high-fiving elementary school students, turned his popularity into a sort of local brand, pitching mugs and T-shirts with "no mopes" logos and his other catchphrases — such as "anywhere but here" or, in reference to a jail breakfast, "enjoy the oatmeal" — to raise money for school security improvements. Purchases and donations have brought in more than $14,000, enough to install panic buttons connecting the five local schools to police. Cameras and intercoms are next.
"How could you not love that guy?" said Tammy Ralston, the graphic designer at Young's Screenprinting and Embroidery in Cuyahoga Falls, which came up with the "mopes" gear and receives orders from across the country.
Oliver's supporters include retiree Dennis Kerr of Sherwood, Ark., who bought a T-shirt for his wife while visiting family in nearby Stow.
"The guy really has a load of common sense, and I appreciated him, so we started following him," Kerr said.
Kerr hopes to meet Oliver and said he considered planning his next Ohio visit to coincide with Brimfield's parade. Oliver is turning the September event into a walk honoring military veterans and has invited all his Facebook fans.
Everyone, that is, except the mopes.

Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/06/17/ohio-police-department-rips-criminals-in-facebook-posts/#ixzz2WVfRJytI





St. Louis Chief of Police Sam Dotson Says You Only BELIEVE You Have a 2nd Amendment Right!

Published February 26, 2014 2 Comments

“I understand the Second Amendment, and I understand everyone’s right, or their belief that they have a right to bear arms,” he says. “It doesn’t give them a right to use that weapon.”
Apparently , according to this would-be tyrant, we only BELIEVE we have a right to keep and bear arms and we do NOT have a right to use them! Obviously, Chief of Police Sam-the-Nazi Dotson DOESN’T understand the Second Amendment at all! This is a VERY DANGEROUS man for St. Louisans!
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A local television news program reported last night that Sam-the-Nazi-Dotson said, when referring to this year’s Soulard Mardi Gras celebrations, “Concealed carry permit holders should leave them at home!” This is a clear case of a tyrant arbitrarily passing an ordinance by decree. There is no law! In fact, the highest law of the land–the Constitution–confirms that you DO have the right. But according to this scum you have to do what the police say because the police say it.
THIS IS WHAT A POLICE STATE LOOKS LIKE! Hate mail badly needed for St. Louis Police Chief Sam-the-Nazi-Dotson, who said that you only BELIEVE you have a right to keep and bear arms. He has a blog and a Twitter account which are linked on the official website of the St. Louis Police Dept: http://www.slmpd.org/
Please share so as many people as possible can tell this pig what we think about him. Don’t mince words–tell it exactly as it is. This man is truly an enemy of the very Constitution that he took an oath to protect and defend. We have to stand up to these people and call them out for what they are: oath breakers and traitors who should be tried for treason and sentenced when found guilty. Those who act like sheep will be ruled by wolves. How do you like being ruled by a police state!
SOURCE: Riverfront Times - New St. Louis Police Chief Sam Dotson: “More Guns Is Never The Answer”
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Former cheerleader, 20, died of asthma attack 'after her friends did nothing to help, then dumped her lifeless body outside a vacant trailer'

  • Taylor Smith, 20, was found dead outside vacant mobile home along Robin Lane in Jasper, Georgia
  • Former cheerleader was hanging out with four friends when she suffered asthma attack
  • Deputies say Smith's companions tried to revive her with a cold shower, but did not call 911 or try to take her to a hospital
  • Marty Gaddis, 38, charged with concealing Smith's death, abandoning her body and tampering with evidence   
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A 20-year-old Georgia woman has died from an apparent asthma attack, and according to sheriff’s deputies, her friends did nothing to help beyond dumping her body on the side of a road.
Taylor Smith was found dead in Jasper near a vacant mobile home just down the road from the county jail.
One man has since been jailed in connection to the case, and three others are facing possible charges.
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Devastated: Tanya Smith (left) never got the chance to say goodbye to her daughter, who she said did not deserve to be dumped outside
Tragic: The body of Taylor Smith (right), 20, pictured here with her mother, was dumped by her friends on the side of a road after she had died from an apparent asthma attack
According to investigators, Smith was spending time with some friends over the weekend when she suffered an asthma attack, the station WSB-TV reported.
Instead of seeking medical help for the 20-year-old, Pickens County sheriff’s officials say the people she was with attempted to revive her with a cold shower and the next morning dumped her lifeless body off Robin Lane.
Someone, however, had dialled 911, which allowed the Georgia Bureau of investigations to track down the suspects.
Marty Gaddis, 38, has been arrested and charged with concealing a death, abandonment of a body and tampering with evidence. He also faces drug and reckless conduct counts.
Lonely death: Police say after Smith's companions tried to revive her with a cold shower, they left her body outside this vacant trailer along Robin Lane in Jasper, Georgia
Lonely death: Police say after Smith's companions tried to revive her with a cold shower, they left her body outside this vacant trailer along Robin Lane in Jasper, Georgia


Suspect: Marty Gaddis, 38, has been arrested in the case on a slew of counts, among them concealing a death, abandonment of a body and tampering with evidence
Suspect: Marty Gaddis, 38, has been arrested in the case on a slew of counts, among them concealing a death, abandonment of a body and tampering with evidence
'As a mother, I'm angry. I'm so angry that they treated her the way they did,' said Tanya Smith, Taylor's mother.
Mrs Smith, who serves as a lieutenant with the Holly Springs Police Department, told the station that her daughter, a former cheerleader at Creekside High School, had wanted to experience ‘everything’ before settling into a 'normal life.'   
Taylor had suffered from asthma her entire life, and her grieving mother said that had her friends truly cared about her, they could have saved her by taking her to a hospital or calling 911.
'She didn't deserve just to be dumped on the side of the road, just because they didn't know what else to do,' Tanya Smith said.
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Furious and heartbroken: Taylor's mother, police officer Tanya Smith, wants her daughter's so-called friends to pay for failing to seek medical attention for the 20-year-old 


Devastated: Tanya Smith never got the chance to say goodbye to her daughter (pictured), who she said did not deserve to be dumped outside
Devastated: Tanya Smith never got the chance to say goodbye to her daughter (pictured), who she said did not deserve to be dumped outside

She added, ‘it a precious thing to get to say goodbye and I hate that that was taken from me.’
Now, Tanya Smith wants her late daughter's so-called friends to pay for their callous behavior.

Authorities expect to make additional arrests in connection to Smith's death. Online records indicate that Marty Gaddis has a criminal record, which includes a 1998 arrest on a charge of misdemeanour riot.  

 

Police investigate after CNN anchor reports that she was robbed of her phone on Atlanta street



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Starpix, Amanda Schwab, file/Associated Press - FILE - This Sept. 27, 2011 file photo originally released by Starpix shows CNN anchor Carol Costello, at a party launching her colleague, Erin Burnett’s show “Erin Burnett Outfront,” in New York. Atlanta police are investigating after a CNN anchor reported that her iPhone was snatched from her hand as she strolled down a street on Thursday, May 2, 2013. Police tell WSB-TV that Carol Costello was talking on the phone while walking when two teenagers ran up from behind and grabbed the phone. Costello said in a post on her Facebook page that she struggled with one suspect as she tried to keep her phone, but he pulled out a chunk of her hair and she let go.

































































ATLANTA — Atlanta police are investigating after a CNN anchor reported that her iPhone was snatched from her hand as she strolled down a street in the city’s midtown section.
Police tell WSB-TV (http://bit.ly/13dhr16) that Carol Costello was talking on the phone while walking around 4:30 p.m. Thursday when two teenagers ran up from behind and grabbed the phone.

Costello said in a post on her Facebook page that she struggled with one suspect as she tried to keep her phone, but he pulled out a chunk of her hair and she let go.
“As he ran down the street, laughing, I hurled a few expletives his way,” Costello wrote on her Facebook page.
“I felt no fear at the time, I was just angry,” she said. “Now I’m angry, shaken and sad. What a lousy life those kids have ahead of them.”
No arrests have been made.

 

Michigan woman used Facebook to harass herself, police say


































































A western Michigan woman is accused of creating a Facebook account to stalk herself.
Cheryl Nelson, a 52-year-old from the Grand Rapids area, complained to sheriff's deputies that she was the victim of stalking, harassment and other crimes. But authorities learned that she set up a Facebook account with her ex-boyfriend's information and made it appear that his new girlfriend was using it to harass her.
Detective Jason Russo of the sheriff's department says Nelson couldn't let go of her relationship with her former boyfriend.
MLive.com reports that Nelson is charged with falsely reporting a felony. She could not be reached for comment Saturday. There is no listing for a home number.



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